đ Elon Musk Doubles Down on Crypto: Solana Payments Coming to X Under New Product Head Nikita Bier
X just got serious about crypto paymentsâand Wall Street's about to get a migraine.
Elon Musk's everything-app taps former startup prodigy Nikita Bier to lead its payments revolution. The play? Bake Solana's blazing-fast blockchain into X's infrastructure before legacy finance finishes its third martini.
Why This Matters
Solana's 50,000 TPS throughput could make X the fastest payment app on earthâwhile Visa still runs on COBOL and prayers. Bier's track record scaling viral products suggests this isn't another crypto side project.
The Fine Print
Regulators already circling like vultures. Bank lobbyists drafting panic emails in ALL CAPS. And Dogecoin holders wondering if their 'official X currency' dreams just got SOL.
Bottom line: When the world's richest man hires a growth hacker to disrupt payments, maybeâjust maybeâthe 'ponzi scheme' is your 0.01% APY savings account.
